Country United States Last awarded present Presented by The Recording Academy Category of Grammy Awards | First awarded 2000 Official website grammy.com Instituted 2000 | |
Awarded for quality compilation soundtrack albums Winners & Nominees Miles AheadColumbia Records - Legacy Recordings, Miles Ahead, Winner, Suicide SquadAtlantic Records - WaterTower Music, Suicide Squad, Nominee, Vinyl: The Essentials: Best Of Season 1Atlantic Records - Warner Bros Records, Vinyl: The Essentials: Best Of Season 1, Nominee, AMY (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Republic Records, AMY (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Nominee, Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion PictureCapitol Records - Universal Music Enterprises, Straight Outta Compton: Music from the Motion Picture, Nominee, Glen Campbell I'll Be Me SoundtrackBig Machine Records, Glen Campbell I'll Be Me Soundtrack, Winner, Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Republic Records, Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Nominee, SelmaParamount Pictures/Pathé Productions Limited for this Compilation, Selma, Nominee, Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1Columbia Records, Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1, Nominee, Pitch Perfect 2Republic Records - Universal Music Enterprises, Pitch Perfect 2, Nominee, FrozenKristen Anderson-Lopez - Robert Lopez - Chris Montan -, Frozen, Winner, Get On Up: The James Brown StoryJames Brown, Get On Up: The James Brown Story, Nominee, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Wolf of Wall Street, Nominee, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Nominee, American Hustle, American Hustle, Nominee, Sound City: Real to ReelButch Vig, Sound City: Real to Reel, Winner, Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture SoundtrackCameron Mackintosh - Stephen Metcalfe - Lee McCutcheon, Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, Nominee, Django UnchainedQuentin Tarantino, Django Unchained, Nominee, Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition)Baz Luhrmann, Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Edition), Nominee, The Muscle Shoals SoundStephen M Badger - Greg 'Freddy' Camalier, The Muscle Shoals Sound, Nominee, Midnight in ParisWoody Allen, Midnight in Paris, Winner, The MuppetsMitchell Leib - Kaylin Frank, The Muppets, Nominee, MarleyBob Marley and the Wailers - Chris Blackwell - Barry Cole, Marley, Nominee, The Descendants: Music from the Motion PictureAlexander Payne - Dondi Bastone, The Descendants: Music from the Motion Picture, Nominee, Rock Of AgesPeer Åström - Adam Anders, Rock Of Ages, Nominee | ||
The Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media has been awarded since 2000. In 2000 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album, and from 2001 to 2011 as Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures, Television or Other Visual Media.
From 2012, the category has been known as Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for music released in the previous year. The award is presented to the artist or artists of a majority of tracks and/or the producer or producers of a majority of tracks on the album. In the absence of either, then the award goes to the individual(s) actively responsible for the musical direction of the album.